Why is there so much garbage? Even if one leave's civilization behind, the trash just follows you. But is that a bad thing?

What about the other road out of town? Instead of just the Kenai Penninsula, the family started to explore the country to the North of Anchorage, and even the Bush.

What is it like to live in the Bush? It is not always what one might expect. Of all the experiences of the Bush, the most challenging and most beautiful may be the silence.

What about hunting and fishing? A big part of life in Alaska, it's never as simple as it seems and learning to understand and accept violence can be a lifetime journey.

How long before someone belongs in Alaska? It's surprising, where someone turns around and realizes that all that strange and frightening stuff is now normal. Normality creeps up, even as one complains about things being different from the way they were.

What is it like to fly? People fly alot more in Alaska than elsewhere. What is it like to take off in a blizzard or land next to a mountain? What is it like to fly 4,000 miles away for the first time alone?

What is hip? The question asked by Tower of Power in 1973 was on my mind as I started two amazing jobs my senior year in high school.

Life is unfair. What can we do about it? There wasn't that much more time before I left Alaska. Like alot of people about to start life on their own, the inequities of life became more apparent to me.

How do you know that change has happened? Months away from my last days in Alaska, everything had already changed.

Is there a good way to say goodbye? Is it even possible to say goodbye to Alaska?